Yoma JV builds 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants for rural Myanmar
YOMA Micro Power (YMP) has finished building 250 micro solar-hybrid power plants which will help power rural Myanmar, it said on Friday. YMP, a joint venture of Myanmar-focused Yoma Strategic Holdings, finished setting up the power plants after it initially started the rollout to build them in March 2019.
Young climate activist wants to phase out fossil fuels, move to cleaner energy, but is realistic
The climate change movement around the world is being spearheaded by youths, such as 16-year-old Swede Greta Thunberg. Singapore has its very own young climate champions too, including those who spoke at the inaugural Singapore Climate Rally earlier this month. TODAY speaks to three of them on how they are spreading the message on climate […]
Young inventors create device that converts noise to electricity
The Sound – Light or “S-Light” was created by “Team Voltage 5” composed of Grade 11 students Kirsten Dianne Delmo, Nico Andrei Serrato, Joecile Faith Monana, Frelean Faith Engallado, and Raphael Francis Dequilla. While electricity is normally used to power up speakers, this invention reverses that process and uses sound and converts it to electricity. […]
Young PAP launches position paper on climate change outlining six areas for improvement
SINGAPORE – The youth wing of the People’s Action Party (PAP) on Thursday (March 5) released a position paper on climate change which outlined six areas that Singapore could improve on in its sustainability drive. The suggestions outlined in the 20-page paper tackle various aspects of climate change, which the authors say will led to warming […]
Young Thais battle seniority culture to raise climate awareness
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – When Nanticha “Lynn” Ocharoenchai organized Thailand’s first climate strike in March, more than half of the 50 people who showed up at the rally in Bangkok were students at international schools and expatriates. The same day, Ralyn “Lilly” Satidtanasarn, then aged 11, and a group of fellow pupils submitted an […]
Youth climate strikes sweep Asia ahead of UN Climate Action Summit
MANILA, the Philippines – In 2013, Marinel Ubaldo was just 16 years old and Matarinaw, her seaside village in Eastern Samar, was paradise. She considered herself a simple barrio lass who found contentment in collecting seashells for decorative uses and sea cucumbers for dinner. Sometimes, she went out onto the Pacific Ocean along with his […]
Youths urged to adopt sustainability as a ‘core value’ to help Singapore’s green journey
SINGAPORE: Minister for National Development Desmond Lee on Friday (Aug 27) urged youths to adopt sustainability as a core value, such that it becomes a part of “what it means to be Singaporean”.
YTL Green Data Center Park launches in Johor, the First Integrated Data Center Park Powered by Solar Energy in Malaysia
SINGAPORE, April 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — YTL Power International Berhad (“YTL Power”), through its subsidiary YTL Data Center Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“YTL DC”) today announced the development of a 500MW data center campus in Johor, the first data center park in Malaysia to be powered by solar energy.
YTLP could expand power play in Singapore with Tuaspring acquisition
KUCHING: YTL Power International Bhd’s (YTLP) proposed acquisition of Hyflux’s Tuaspring 396MW CCGT power plant could bump up the company’s power capacity share in Singapore to 19.6 per cent from 15.6 per cent, currently, analysts observed.
Zamboanga suffers from lack of power supply
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Exasperated by the regular brownouts, Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar demanded the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative (Zamcelco) to pay up its overdue accounts to electricity supplier Western Mindanao Power Corp. (WMPC) to resolve the daily power outages. WMPC cut off the supply of electricity to Zamcelco — now under the management of Crown Investments […]